TITLE:
The Impact of Project-Based STEAM Exploring on First-Year Preschooler’s Imagination
AUTHORS:
Duhong Peng, Hui Su
KEYWORDS:
Project-Based STEAM Exploration, First-Year Preschool Children, Imagination
JOURNAL NAME:
Creative Education,
Vol.15 No.8,
August
16,
2024
ABSTRACT: The significance of STEAM education in early years has drawn great attention in recent years. However, there is lack of empirical studies to understand the relationship between STEAM education and children’s imagination since early years is critical for the development of children’s imagination. The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of project-based STEAM exploration on the development of young children’s imagination. A total of 41 first-year preschool children participated in the educational experiment. That is, a nearly one-semester experiment was carried out on STEAM project practice in natural classroom environment in preschool. The imagination of children from two first year classes was evaluated and compared with the “Thinking Creatively in Action and Movement” (TCAM) and the Scientific Imagination Task (SIT) which was developed in this study. It is founded that: 1) In terms of longitudinal changes in motor imagination, children’s imagination in the class that implemented the STEAM project shows significant growth before and after the project was implemented (p